As of Tuesday, more than 49,000 people in Florida were ... the equivalent of Lake Tahoe — on the region in over a week, the Associated Press reported. Typically, hurricanes weaken and winds ...

Disaster plans are needed for anyone who plans to shelter in place, but for those in low-lying or manufactured homes, ...

The hurricane caused significant damage in Sarasota, Tampa Bay, and Southwest Florida, including tornadoes ... on land and a tornadic waterspout over Lake Okeechobee. Milton is the first tropical ...

In the summer of 1928, heavy rainfall raised Lake Okeechobee’s water level three feet above normal. And in the fall, a hurricane smashed the coast of Florida. The impact flooded Lake Okeechobee.

Hurricane Helene intensified into a major Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds making landfall Thursday night and bringing devastation to Florida’s Big Bend, according to the National ...

including a hurricane watch from Hallandale Beach to Boca Raton Florida, as well as Lake Okeechobee. Father, 27, Dies After Coming into Contact with Live Power Lines During Storm At Least 6 Dead ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been cleared of wrongdoing in a case alleging systematic bias against ...

As many across the area are still recovering from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, a bill moving through the Florida House aims ...

That year, citrus growers in Lake, Orange and Polk counties had ... to modify four hurricanes on eight different days. Hurricane Milton over Florida as seen from space. An effort to weaken ...

Mike Ross waded through Hurricane Ian's knee-high storm surge in Bonita Beach, Florida, to save the terrified feline Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at ...